Oil filter



c. L. ALKIRE OIL FILTER Filed Nov. 4,v 1939 Feb; 18, 19m,

ma 7 M W Z Attorneys member being shown at 8 forms a support for the filtering material 8 which may be cotton waste or any other suitable material and a washer 9 of felt or the like resting on thetop of thismaterial 8. A perforated disk III ls. seated on the washer 9 and has atubular member II extending upwardly from the central Patented Feb. 18, 1941 U ITED STAT Cleatus L. Alkire, Grand Island, N

one-half to James L.

Nebr.

br., assignor of Carter, Grand Island,

, Application November 4, 1939, Serial No. 302,916

1 Claim.

This invention relates to an oil filter,'the general object ofthe invention being to provide means whereby the filtering mediumcanbe removed and replaced by new filtering medium whenever desired or necessary so that it necessary to buy an entire new filter or cartridge.

This invention also consists in certain features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be inafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

section of thei'mproved filter.

Figure 2 is a section on'the line we 1.

Figure 3 is a view of the member for holding the felt and filtering medium in place.

In these views the numeral I indicates a drical container having a rounded bottom is provided with a drain opening closed by a plug 2, a vertically arranged tube 3 extends upwardly from the'bottom of the container to a point adjacent the upper end thereof and an inlet tube 4 is threaded into the lower end of the tube 3 and the intermediate part-of this tube 3 is pro- 5'for the escape of vlded with the perforations the oil from the tube 3. A perforated c shaped member 6 extends upwardly from'the upper portion of the rounded bottom of the member I and has a hole in its apex through which the this conical tube 3' passes The perforations in 1. This conical member cover I3 for the upper end of the member the internally threaded upper end of the tube 3 so that by tightening this shaft by means handles I4 connected 2- -2 of Figpassage of the upper end The lower end of the tubular at its lower end with the central portion of the disk and the center opening in the disk is surrounded by this tubular member. .A screw shaft I2 passes through a centrally arranged opening in a dome-shaped with the head I5 of the shaft the cover will be held tightly on the con-. tainer I. A nut I6 is threaded on the shaft I2 and holds the washer l8 fastened to the top of the tubular member II between itself and the. reduced lower end of the head I5 as shown in 5 Figure 1.,

Thus it will be seen that b loosening the screw shaft I2 the cover-3 can be removed and the member II] can also be removed after which the washer 9'is removed and the material 8 taken 10 from the device. Then thecontainer I and the member 6 with the-tube are thoroughly cleaned after which a new material 8 is placed in the device upon the member 8, the washer .9 cleaned and put back in place or a new one substituted for the old one and then the member I0 is put back in place and the cover 3 placed on the container I and the screw tightened which will close the cover on the member I and cause the member II) to press upon the washer .9 and the top'of the material so as to compress the material 8 to provide the filtering medium. r

The oil will pass from the tube 4 into the tube 3 and pass through the perforations 5 into the lower part of the container I and then the oil will pass through the perforations in the member 6, through the filtering material 8 and washer 9 and through the perforations in the member l0 into.the chamber formed at the upper end of the container l and from this chamberthe filtering oil will pass to the point of use through the tube I9.

.From the foregoing it will be seen that when the filtering material becomes soiled and clogged it can be easily removed and replaced by new material So that the filter can be kept in good condition very easily and with but little expense.

It isthought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to. be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: I

A filter member comprising a container having aclosed bottom and an open top, a tube extending into the container from the bottom thereof with the upper end-of the tube threaded, and, spaced below the top of the container, an intermediate part of the tube having perforations therein, a removable conical member in the lowor part of the container, said conical member 5 easily is not other herecylinwhich onical portion thereof, said central portion of the disk I0 being open for theof the tube 3. member II is suitably connected I into of the being perforated and having an opening in its apex through which the tube passes with the peri'orations in the tube communicating with the space formed by said conical member, filtering for the container, a screw shaft rotatably passing through the center of the cover and having its lower end threaded to the upper end or the tube for holding the cover on the container and the top of the tubular member having a cover member formed with an opening. through which a part or the screw shaft passes and a nut on the screw shaft for holding said cover member of a the tubular member between itself and the upper end of. the shaft and an outlet pipe connected with the top part of the container above the per- 10 torated disk.

CLEA'I'US L. ALKIRE. 

